A lot of people have asked me why I like to ride a bike and travel, and particularly why I would ride a bike in Africa, particularly when riding a bike here is so difficult and at times painfully uncomfortable. The truth is that riding a bike anywhere gives incredible insight and perspective to a place and its people and culture. Further, the slow, gradual environmental changes one witnesses on a bike can be matched by no other form of transportation. How do I explain the daily routines of cycling through the African continent, the trials and tribulations, the countless joys and triumphs, the thousand things I see and hear, feel and smell, everyday, all of which leave some impression upon me? There is so much that could be said, a thousand little things that add up to a day in Africa. MONTY ORR
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